Dear Quiltville, How Do I Comment?

Every time I run a giveaway I am bombarded with emails asking HOW to leave a comment on the blog.

Instead of individually writing everyone again and again explaining how to do it, I thought I would write a little “how to” for those not in the know, and then link it to the blog helps tab so that it can easily be referred to.

First of all, it is important that the reader is actually ON my original blog post, not viewing the page through a reader service such as blog lovin’ or even on Facebook if you have clicked a link to my page while viewing via an apple device as an iPad or iPhone.

If you ARE in a reader service, or on an apple device and have clicked through Facebook, click to open my site in a brand new browser window.  My address should start with http://quiltville.blogspot.com  it should not say blog-lovin or anything else.  If it does you are reaching me through a mirror site and are not actually on my page.

 

Look for THIS at the bottom of every post!

See the “Snips & Comments by others”??  CLICK that…it will open up the comments dialogue.

Type your comment in the box!

Choose Your Identity!

When I log in it automatically lists my Google account because blogger is part of google and I have a gmail account.  if you have a gmail account or google account use that.  Other options are Open Id, your Name and URL, or Anonymous. If you sign in as Anonymous please also leave your name with your comment so I know who you are.

Choose your identity and click to prove that you are not a robot.  No one likes spam, and I do what I can to keep spam comments off of my blog, especially during a give-away.

Also very very very important!

NEVER NEVER NEVER CLICK HERE!!

Every time I get an email like this I giggle to myself:

Hi Bonnie

For the first time I left a comment on your blog posting regarding the chance to win a mag  and five fat quarters.

Now I am receiving ALL the comments people are making on the site (hundreds of them) and don’t know how to stop them from coming.
 
My husband is set to divorce me because I left the comment by signing in on HIS Google account…… Oh Dear, he’s none too happy and has commanded his computer to forward all your mail to me!
 
Does everyone who leaves comments get everyone else’s????
 
Do you know any way that I can stop this from happening now and in the future?

Thanks in advance.

She is getting ALL 1,200+ comments in HER HUSBAND’s inbox because she subscribed to them by clicking the *Email follow-up comments box as shown above.
 
NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER click that box!

Holy cow, I can just imagine what is happening with over thousand emailed comments flooding her husband's inbox but there is nothing I can do to save her because she subscribed to them.  They will die out over time, and I bet SHE will never ever ever click that email follow-up comments box again!
 

When you are done writing your comment and have chosen your identity, click Publish Your Comment and all is done!

 

Every comment has a number and I am able to use the random number generator to draw our winners by comment number.  This is why it is so important that you leave your comment on the correct blog post so you can be included in the drawings.

During a give-away, always leave your comment in the comments section along with your email address.  If your comment doesn't have a visible address I have to draw someone else because I don't have a way to contact you.

It doesn't count if you email me, or leave a comment in the guestbook or on Facebook or in instagram.  I can't count you unless you are numbered amongst the comments on the page.

 

And just to make this a little bit quilty:

 

 

Hand Quilting Progress!

 

I worked on this for a couple of hours last night while watching the last 3 episodes of ALIAS on Netflix.  I’m making progress!  Can you see my fans?

 

I love hand stitching in the evening up here!

 

 

Sadie on this morning’s hike!

 

 

Gorgeous Blue Ridge in the Morning!

 

3 1/4 miles this morning has me at 7159 steps so far for the day.  I love my morning walks and though there are some mornings I just don’t want to get out and do it, I always feel so much better when I do.  Then I won’t feel so guilty that I sit at the sewing machine the rest of the day working on our upcoming mystery!

 

Mona and Beanie are coming to sew this afternoon at 1pm.  I’ll have a roast in the crock pot for dinner so it can cook and cook and cook while we sew.

 

One more night here, and I’ll head home in the morning.

 

Remember..Quilt-Cam is set for Tuesday evening at 9pm Eastern!

 

Have a peaceful Sunday, everyone!

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